Fold-collar.



H1 F. HUHDa FOLD COLLAR.

APPucATloN msn Jun' 25,1914.

LMSAQS. Patented Jan. 23, 1917,

UNITED sTAeTns PATENT OFFICE HUBBARD F. HURD, or TROY, NEWYORK, AssIGNon To CLUETT, PEABODY & Co., INC.,

or TROY, Nnw YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

`Specification of Letters Patent.

FOLD-COLLAR.

Application filed July 25, 1914. Serial No. 853,147.

To all 1lb/1,0m t may concern Re it known that l, lllnn..\un l". llUun, a citizen ot' the lnited States, residing at Troy, county oi Rensselaer', and. State of New York, hafe invented certain new and useful Improvements in l `ol\l-(ollars, of -willich the following is a specification.

rlhe invention relates to such improvements, and consists ot' the novel construetion hereinafter described and subseqluultly claimed. i

Reference may be had to the arcoinpan ying-drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon which form a part ot' this specication. Similar characters refer lo similar parts in the several ligures therein.

Figure l of the drawings is a front view oi a fold-collar with its ends buttoned together in the position assumed in use. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a broken-away portion of the-,collar showing the hook-end of the band, and the neighboring portion ofthe top opened out flat.

In the drawings the dimensions are some- What exaggerated for convenience of illusy tration. l

, The invention relates to .foldcollars of the prevailing type having a high band and top-portion foldedover upon the band.

The principal objects of the invention are to more effectively hold in position the ends ofthe 'collar iny use. are commonly made with one end of the of the collar, and to improve the appearance Collars ot' this ltype band extended to form a more or less upturned hook adapted lobe embraced between `the band and top at the otherendfof of the band more effective Ato accomplish v l'n the manufacture of suchthis result. collars it has heretofore been customary to `extend the upper edge of the hook-end of the band for a'considerable distance beyond its point of junction with the top of the `collar, 'along the general' line or direction.

of the upper edge ofV Vthe neighboring attached portion of the/band, or to form a concave upper edge on the .hookfendfof the band extending from said point of junction to substantially the upper outer corner of said hook-end. ln either of said described constructionsthe result is to cause the hook-end ot' the band to effectively engage the top ot' the groove formed between the band and folded-over top at the other end of the colratentea Jan. 23, 1917.v

laizconly at a point remote from the neighboring corner of the foldedmver top.

I have ascertained that b v forming the hook-end of the band with its upper edge ronvexly curved immediately adjacent to its point of junction with the top, the upper edge ot' the hook-end ol the band can be made to make ell'eetive contact throughout substantially its entire length with the top ot the groove formed between the band and folded-over top at the other end ot the collar, thus offering increased resistance both by leverage and by frietional Contact, to the pulling apart ofthe ends of the collar when fastened together by thx usual stud or 'but-f t0n. [nu E i' Referring to the drawings wherein the invention isl shown in preferred form, 1 `is the folded-over top, and 2 is the band the collar having the upturned hook-end, 3,1 the upper edge, 4, of which is comexly 4curved from the point, 5, of its junction with the top to substantially the upper .outer corner of the `hook-end. The top-edge of the'attachcd-portion of the bandy is also convexly curved as shown at G, adjacent to the point ot junction of each end of the top with the upper edge of the band, whereby the front of the collar is caused to dip below the level of the hack-portion of the oollar, as shown at 7 in Fig. 1. The curved portions, 4 and 6, of the upper edge of the band at the hooklend of the collar are thus caused to diverge convexly from their point of intersection, 5, at the junction of the neighboring end of the top with the band.

When the ends of the collar are buttoned, together inthe position shown in F ig. 1 the curved edge, 4, on Vthe hook-end of the band will fit snugly against the top of the groove formed between the band and top along the curved upper edge, 6, of thel band at the other end of the collar to accomplish the desired result,l so that when ille collar is in use, its ends are effectively hooked together. prefer to have the curved edges, 4 and mint of junction, 5, of of the top with the .A tof junction as is e .eiowence for inuccu- 'what f es new and desire to secure hg. Letters ent isl. A foideeelinr eninprising :i band and u folded-over iop, said bend having an upurnei hook-end, the upper edge of which iiooii-end is eonvexiy curved adjacent to the point of junction of sui-:i hook-end with the top, the Other end of the collar having a corresponding interlocking part.

Q. A Oid-eoilar comprising n bund und u foidedwver top, said hand having a hookend and having its upper edge divergentiy conv-enig* curved on opposite sides of and dgn 1L to the point of junction of said Ewen ,nd wnh the top, the other end of the of tie top collar .having a corresponding interlocking part. i

3. A fold-collar comprising a band, and a, folded-over top attached 4to the body-portion of the band, the upper edge of the attuched portion of the band belngconvexly curved adjacent tothe points of )unetion of the ends of the top with the band, said band having a hook-end the upper edge of which is convexly curved and intersects-'Said convexly curved edge on the neighborin uttached portion o the band substantiel y at the oint of junction of the neighboring end with the band. In testimony whereof, lhave hereunto setniy hand thi's 23rd da'yof July, 1914.l

i HUBBAR-D F. HURD. Witnesses:

ROSE A. LEDUC, GERTRUDE M. Prrz. 

